The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-14
CHARLEsToN,s POLITICS.
Indignation Aroused over the Munich
pal Ticket Put in the Field.

pal Ticket Put in the Field.
CHARLESTON, Nov. 13.-The gala week
and all its glores have been forgotten,
swallowed up swamped in the sea Of in
dignation that has swept over the business
community at least, at the municipal ticket
that was put in the field by the Democratic
Nominating Convention on Friday The
Democrats of Charleston have swallowed
manys bitter doses by reason of their ale
glance TO the party, but it is doubtful if this
ticket will go down. The ticket has already
appeared in the Geographic columns of the
MORNING News. 1t is very fair ticket as
| far as it goes, but it goes too far. At least
! t at is the opinion of the best element in the
community. The nationality of the ticket
has already been published As far as the
| occupations OF the Aldermanic candidates are
concerned the following statistics may be in
teresting. There are two merchants, four
clerks, four auctioneers, three railroad men,
one banker, one doctor, one plumber, one
| florist, two wharf owners and five mlscella-
neouS candidates Out of the six school
commissioners nominated three are railroad
clerks, one telegraph operator, one drug
gist and the sixth is Mayor Courtenay.
One of the evidences of the dissatisfaction
that prevails in the community is to be found
III the result of the registration yesterday.
-Four years ago the first days registra ION
resulted in the proportion of about fifteen
whites TO one black. In Yesterdays regis
tration the figures have been reversed.
This is due to the dissatisfaction
with the ticket The white voters who do
not belong TO the machine say they are so
disguised with the ticket that they decline
even TO qualify themselves for voting, and
the negroes having been previously advised
to register have flocked to the polls. 1t is
not at all improbable that an Independent
r. Fnt will hear a1tf in M oil
would perhaps be a good thing, as it might
force the whites TO come out and register.
There seems TO be no objections to Capt.
Bryan, the nominee for Mayor. The dis
satisfaction is with the Aldermanic ticket,
and should another be put i'll the field it is
not at all improbable that there may be
break in the Democratic ranks.
WHERE THE RESPONSIBILITY BELONGS.
The responsibility for the out put of the
convention is charged by many upon the
Young Mems Democratic Club. The
MORNING NEWS correspondent, in an inter
view with an old politician, had this idea
impressed upon hlm very forcibly. I'm
tell YOU" he said, "how it came about.
Heretofore the machine has been strong i'll
the conventions, but it has had whole
some respect for the solid element in the
party, and made very liberal concessions.
The formation of the Young Mems Demo-
cIdlIc OiuD, WHICH apparently Hdu Il
big backing, but which, as was
shown by the primaries, was really
weak, frightened the politicians. They
saw, or thought they saw, power slipping
out of their hands. The Young Mems
Democratic Club undertook to organize
ward clubs, and this settled il. The politi-
clans at once combined, united their forces
and at the primaries elected a majority of
the delegates The convention was literally
in their own hands, and by combining they
elected their own ticket, making no con-
cessions whatever" The gentleman alluded
to is a shrewd observer and he is not
far wrong in his diagnosis of the situation
No one can tell what will be the outcome
The Democrats of Charleston are noted for
their loyalty to the party, but they have
never yet been called upon to swallow the
dose that is offered them now. 1t may be
that there will be some designations from
the ticket and a compromise, but there is
nothing at present to indicate this Unless
the white people rally aud register on Mon
day and Tuesday the negroes will have the
election in their own hands